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Considering the chess → computation → AI arc as a deliberate civilizational pipeline, not an accident. The framing assumes intentionality, long-range planning, and ideological continuity. Chess as a Pre-Modern Control System Disguised as a Game Chess is routinely described as an “ancient game,” but this description conceals its functional role. Chess is not merely recreational; … Read more
With the explosion of Data Centers, possibly the epitome of “the cloud”, it’s interesting to look back at what got us here. Below is a clean, chronological, carrier-grade explanation of Frame Relay, T1, T3 — and everything faster, focused on how WANs actually evolved, how they were sold, and why each generation replaced the previous … Read more
The distinction between ‘describing’ and ‘understanding’ really hits home. We’ve been so focused on chatbots that can talk, but VLJ’s approach to actually comprehending temporal meaning feels like the missing piece for real-world AI. Descriptions up from atomic level is absurd for nearly everything, yet that is precisely how LLMs presently operate. Abstraction is key. … Read more
LLMs as we know them are already on their way out. In this video, I break down five breakthroughs that will redefine AI over the next 18 months: Diffusion LLMs (with Stanford’s Stefano Ermon), Power Attention for massive context, hidden/latent-space thinking and private chains of thought, Google’s Nested Learning for continual learning, and the most … Read more
200 already built, 100 more already slated. Ashburn, Vigrinia (Loudoun County). Over 40% of Virginia power grid electricity feeds these monstrous facilities. GOOGLE MAPhttps://www.google.com/maps/place/Ashburn,+VA/@39.0160549,-77.4632026,3485m WIKIPEDIAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulles_Technology_Corridor#Internet_infrastructure_and_data_centers Transcript
Eclipsing from hodge-podge 2-base-10 and “sneaker net”, we built a complex multi-office routed network based primarily upon Linux but also hosting Lotus Notes servers and Windows NT4 servers in the full-blown Microsoft configuration with numerous Windows 95 workstations at several locations. (OS/2 was later tested, and Novell Netware held some legacy ground for years, but … Read more
Celigo is the do-it-all battleship to accompany the aircraft-carrier that is Oracle NetSuite. This dynamic duo can be pricey. An equally-capable lower-level framework, Tim Dietrich’s SuiteAPI is a free DIY tool that is designed to be maximally leveraged by integrators and coders for significant cost-savings. Both can be used together. One brings much pre-built possibility; … Read more
Yes — the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a legitimate legal requirement in certain jurisdictions. Here are the key points: What the GDPR is Where it applies and to whom What this means in practice Key takeaway If your organisation processes personal data of individuals in the EU (or offers goods/services to them, or … Read more
That’s a wonderful way to put it — “the dawn of AI computerania.” Let’s trace both meanings: the scientific birth of AI and the cultural birth (when the idea of AI really entered public consciousness — like through that Spielberg film you remember). 1. The scientific birth of AI — mid-20th century AI as a … Read more
This takes the corpus of homogenous junk, reworks it with fringe arcane elements, and ‘sells’ it back to the collective — yet it is ’empty calories’ since what is already known rehashed is ultimately already known. It’s a wonderful example of Cardinal Wolsey’s Learning Against Learning scheme to cause chaos via information overload — prime … Read more